Evaluation of the material properties of the subsynovial connective tissue in carpal tunnel syndrome

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 999-1003

  Osamura, Naoki ^a   Zhao, Chunfeng ^a   Zobitz, Mark E ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a   Amadio, Peter C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Shear stress; Subsynovial connective tissue

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; SHEAR STRESS;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; SUBSYNOVIAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SYNOVIUM; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TENDONS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 34548783759     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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